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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 569

(x) Three: Major E. O. King, Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles, Auxiliary Force India

British War Medal 1914-20 (Major. E. O. King); Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially engraved 'Lt. E. O. King, S. Prov. M. Rif., A.F.I.)'; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Capt. E. O. King, S. M. Mounted Rfls, A.F.I.), good very fine (3)

Edward Oakes King was born on 3 August 1873 at Hutwa, India. Educated at St. Paul's School, he was further educated at the University of London in 1890. Commissioned as Lieutenant in the Indian Army on 4 August 1916, he was elevated to Captain in 1917. He married firstly Caroline Marie Cardozo in 1904; they had a daughter, Caroline Chambrelent who became a well known fashion designer in Australia. Marrying secondly in 1934 Kathleen Harrop, Oakes died on 13 February 1955 at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India.

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£1,400

Starting price
£200